πτερύγιον

English (LSJ)

τό, Dim. of πτέρυξ, Arist.HA615b30.    II anything like a wing.    1 in pl., fins of fish, ib.489b24, 504b30, IA714a11; of the tail-flaps of a lobster, Id.HA490a3, cf. 525b27, PA684a13, GA720b12; of certain sea-slugs, Id.HA532b22, 24; fins of the sepia and other cuttle-fish, πτερύγι' . . σηπίας ὠπτημένα Sotad.Com.1.16, cf. Alex.187.3, Arist.HA524a31, PA685b16.    2 horns of the horned owl, Id.HA597b22.    3 end or tip of the rudder, Poll.1.90; of a pole, Hsch.    4 in a building, turret or battlement, or (as others) pointed roof, peak, Ev.Luc.4.9; cf. πτέρυξ 11.7.    5 flap, fold (cf. πτέρυξ 11.4), Arist.Aud.802a39, LXXNu. 15.38, Ru.3.9, Poll.7.62; flap of a cuirass, Aen.Tact.31.8; π. κρανῶν IG22.1424a.399 (pl.).    6 in the body, part of the shoulderblade, Poll.2.177; of the ear, parts joining the temples, ib.85, Hsch.; of the nose, parts joining the cheeks, Poll.2.80, Sor.1.71, Gal.UP11.12.    7 Medic., disease of the eye when a membrane grows over it from the inner corner, Hp.Prorrh.2.20, Cels.7.7.4, Dsc.1.108, Gal. 7.732.    8 fleshy excrescence on the nails, Cels.6.19.1, Dsc.1.110, Paul.Aeg.6.85.    9 pl.,= του = πνεύμονος τοῦ λοβοῦ τὰ ἄκρα, Hsch.    10 pl., flanges holding the projector of a torsion-engine, Ph.Bel.54.23; on a κέστρος 11, Plb.27.11.4.

German (Pape)

[Seite 809] τό, dim. von πτέρυξ, kleiner Flügel, Pol. 27, 9, 4. – Fischflosse, Arist H. A. 1, 5. 2, 13. – Ein Fehler des Auges, wenn sich aus der Karunkel im innern Augenwinkel ein Fell über das Auge zieht; – auch das lieberwachsen des Fleisches über die Nägel der Finger und Zehen, bes. der großen Zehe, Medic. – Wie πτερόν, ein Theil des Tempels, die Zinne, N. T., Matth. 4, 5 Luc. 4, 9; Hesych. erklärt ἀκρωτήριον.